Apparently they just started on 10 June: @OP+1sVPl1Gm
Today’s IBM Execs and BOD have Failed to Follow IBM Founding Fathers Core Values
In 1911, Endicott, New York, a company called “Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR)” was founded by Herman Hollerith, Charles Flint and Thomas J. Watson Sr. A company we now know as IBM. The founders enshrined three core values into the... — read more
IBM dream to gobble up HashiCorp challenged in court
https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/11/ibm_hashicorp_lawsuit/
Real Reasons for Tech Layoffs
We all know that those corporate statements that announce mass tech layoffs and claim that the job cuts are actually a plan to fuel growth -- we all know that's BS. Right? I mean, let's get this out of the way. The gall on that reasoning offends me... — read more
IBM cuts
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-06-05/singapore-s-changi-business-park-is-emptying-out-spurred-by-global-tech-layoffs
IBM exit: "IBM has gone from occupying 12 floors to two"
"Companies such as Citigroup, JP Morgan, and IBM have office spaces at Changi Business Park. However, IBM has gone from occupying 12 floors to two, and Bloomberg cited a property listing that says Standard Chartered Plc is looking to lease out two... — read more
Rob Thomas the next Gavin Belson?
RT is most likely going to be the next IBM CEO in a year plus… looks like the next Gavin Belson to me, what do you think?
When are the IBM Cloud layoffs happening ?
Microsoft is laying off 1500 employees in Azure and Google is laying off 100 in it's cloud unit. Can IBM be far behind with the wave of silent layoffs this summer ?... — read more
IBM: Missing Out On The Actual AI Opportunity
Is this article painting an accurate picture of IBMs AI business outlook. Always a bit skeptical on one opinion which is what this article is based on. If you do not have a subscription to seekingalpha, summary bullet points are pasted... — read more
Job Insecurity in Tech: Layoffs, Non-Disclosure Agreements, and Longer Hours.
"IBM, Intel, SAP and others announcing job cuts in the last 12-18 months." https://trak.in/stories/200000-silent-layoffs-in-2023-reported-by-all-india-it-ites-employees-union/
The way it was ...
....and not under A-hole Arvind and Reprobate Rob... — read more
IBM: we're not struggling financially, we just blame everything on "AI" and frame that as embracing "innovation"
https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/news/ibm-halts-hiring-7-800-011845959.html
Kyndryl accused of racial, age, disability discrimination • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/30/kyndryl_accused_of_discriminating/
'silent layoffs': What the industry body says, number of job cuts and more
"IBM, Intel, SAP and others -- have announced job cuts.." https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/indian-it-companies-witnessing-silent-layoffs-what-the-industry-body-says-number-of-job-cuts-and-more/articleshow/110543957.cms
2024 is like 2015 all over again
IBM brings back bonuses for top execs even as profits slide https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/ibm-brings-back-bonuses-top-022655035.html
The Register
Over a week now Red Hat fails to deny the layoffs when approached by the media (The Register). That means there's nothing to deny, i.e. denying it would constitute a lie.
IBM/Red Hat Failing to Meet Its WARN Obligations in NC (STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA), or Perhaps It's Constantly Delaying the Layoffs
A potential legal problem? https://techrights.org/n/2024/05/26/IBM_Red_Hat_Failing_to_Meet_Its_WARN_Obligations_in_NC_STATE_OF.shtml
Why are current IBM executives not accountable?
I know this been asked many many times before, but why is it that IBM top executives not put on a PIP when they do not meet revenue goals? In the global markets, if you do not meet the mandated minimum percentage of your full year quota, you are put... — read more
Ginni Rometty: Pioneering Leadership at IBM
Sheer puffery. https://www.yourtechstory.com/2024/05/24/ginni-rometty-pioneering-leadership-at-ibm/
IBM set to establish new Software lab in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
If there's any doubt that all this DEI nonsense is dying, this should confirm it. https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-launches-Software-Lab-in-Riyadh
Some redhat restructuring moves
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/20/red_hat_prunes_middleware/
AI is replacing workloads and back-office jobs, IBM says it cannot provide specific insight
Source: https://www.rsuibmsegrate.altervista.org/20240516.pdf One year ago, in early May 2023, our CEO Arvind Krishna told Bloomberg that he could easily see 30% of our non-customer-facing roles such as Human Resources getting replaced by Artificial... — read more
Technology Sales Environment - Toxic?
What is the technology sales environment like at IBM these days? I am hearing it is a difficult toxic environment to work in with hefty sales quotas and PIPs immediately if you do not meet the full year sales quota. What other large company is any... — read more
IBM to create 800 roles in Ireland over three years
Irish Business Machines. . . https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0516/1449386-ibm-to-create-800-new-roles-in-ireland-over-three-years/
IBM and Palo Alto partner up
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/palo-alto-networks-ibm-jointly-203000584.html
How to CYA
If you want to save your job, read a piece titled The Hatchet Man's Playbook. It's all about the dirty, underhanded tricks unscrupulous employers and co-workers use to to snake your job and how to beat them. Can't recommend it highly enough!
Red Lobster (but really about IBM)
A post on zerohedge.com describes the woes of Red Lobster, which is quickly going out of business. Does this headline seem oddly familiar? "Red Lobster Abruptly Closes Dozens Of Locations, Loses Its Key Supplier And Begins Fire Selling Kitchen... — read more
Why IBM employees in Brazil are suing to be classified as tech workers
So much for "near-shoring". . . https://restofworld.org/2024/ibm-lawsuit-brazil/
100 years of IBM
http://www.tikalon.com/blog/blog.php?article=2024/IBM_100 The article highlights IBM's remarkable longevity compared to the typical ten-year lifespan of most companies. Founded in 1911 and renamed IBM in 1924, the company thrived under the... — read more
Still looking after fifteen months
I haven’t found anything IT after fifteen months. I hear the average time for finding a new job after layoff is 6 months but I am doubtful. Me: 52 y/o male, 27 yrs in tech mostly on the software side with about 2 y sys admin back in the day when... — read more
IBM's Red Hat SUED over culling 21 white men employees as CEO vowed to punish managers who missed DEI targets
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13400269/IBM-Red-Hat-SUED-culling-white-men-CEO-punish-DEI-targets.html
IBM’s Bet on HashiCorp to Boost Cloud Management Offerings
HashiCorp will retain its name and the Terraform brand. The 2,200-person company will report to Thomas’s IBM software group in its own division, and Thomas said IBM isn’t planning layoffs. So there will be RAs. @8six+1siiwg59 — read more
It's only going to get worse until IBM finally collapses
IBM is a 20-30k employee company that employs 10 times that many, even after selling off most of its lines of business. IBM's sole sources of consistent, stable income at this point are mainframes and legacy software. Poughkeepsie, San Jose, RTP and... — read more
"IBM: The tech giant is reportedly laying off staff in its marketing and communications division."
https://stlawyers.ca/blog-news/layoffs-in-canada/
Why all the AK ask the CEO meeting changes?
Seems strange that his chat with the CEO meetings have been changed this past month about 3-4 times now. Something is in the air and maybe it's the 20% price drop from 199/share early March to 165 at Friday's close. My manager has canceled 1:1s and... — read more
You should know that IBM doesn’t care about you, so why bother staying?
I was an ex IBMer who got RAed recently. During my 10 year tenure, i saw nothing but customers getting runarounds from IBM executives while getting charged hefty premium for services. Any demands from customers were either met with excuses on why... — read more
Business Insider India: "The CEO of IBM says he doesn't intend to 'get rid of' a single programmer because of AI"
Easy. Since "AI" is a meaningless buzzword these days, it can mean anything anyone wants it to mean at any time, either to say layoffs are justified or not... or... does the CEO love name-dropping buzzwords?
‘workforce rebalancing’
[old] https://uk.news.yahoo.com/finance/news/ibm-took-200-million-charge-000221516.html
IBM is a winner!!!
Read this: https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/04/25/ibm-buys-hashicorp-to-control-the-alternative-to-red-hat-kubernetes/
We all know what "reorg" means in the C-suite
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/01/ibm-sarah-meron-chief-communications-officer